The evolution of the SBG from a JKDC oriented program to a MMA program is interesting. I had heard of the SBG when they first started and figured they were just another Bruce Lee fan club. I avoided their stuff like the plague.

Then I met and became friends with Luis Gutierrez who is now the VP of SBGi. He showed me that there was a lot more to their training. After several years of training BJJ with him, he asked me if I would like to start an Affiliated Training Group. The first thing I said was. " but I have never done JKD or JKDC". He just laughed and told me that I didn't need to know that stuff.

I tell people that I run an ATG and they still think that I teach wing chun trapping in front of a BL Enter the Dragon poster, wearing a yellow track suit. Kudos to you Professor. You said it but I was thinking it.

Underlining is really only appropriate when using a typewriter (italics are not available on those). And here, quotation marks are a lot more convenient than entering the code for italics (which I still haven't bothered to get the hang of). I do *this* a lot for emphasis. I grew up on a message board that had absolutely no frills at all.

Underlining is really only appropriate when using a typewriter (italics are not available on those). And here, quotation marks are a lot more convenient than entering the code for italics (which I still haven't bothered to get the hang of). I do *this* a lot for emphasis. I grew up on a message board that had absolutely no frills at all.